Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Somehow a movie that gave me nightmares as a kid has been turned into the delightful metroidvania palate cleanser I needed after Silksong

By Wes Fenlon Published

Dreamboat Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland is more daydream than nightmare.

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A screenshot of Hollow Knight Silksong where main character Hornet takes a swipe at The Last Judge, one of the action game's bosses. A bug-like creature stands on two legs wearing bronze armor. She towers over Hornet as the heroine swings at her legs with her needle weapon.
Silksong player tracks down a secret version of its act 1 boss and immediately discovers why Team Cherry probably cut it

By Tyler Colp Published

news Hornet is too short for one of the new attacks to even hit her.

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A screencap of Hollow Knight: Silksong's opening cutscene. A close-up shot of protagonist Hornet moments before she breaks out of a metal cage. Her curved white mask and red cloak are lit up as a glowing strand of silk surrounds her.
Steam Awards 2025 give Game of the Year to Hollow Knight: Silksong

By Jody Macgregor Published

News It also won Best Game You Suck At, just like Black Myth: Wukong did last year.

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A character dressed like a witch floating in space
I played more than 20 metroidvanias this year other than Silksong, and these are the ones doing the most creative/experimental things with the genre

By Dominic Tarason Published

Multivania Already unspooled Silksong? Here's six other platformers exploring new concepts.

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A screencap of a cutscene in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Main character Hornet faces the screen with her white face and angled black eyes. Her red cloak twists in the wind.
Hollow Knight: Silksong player discovers Hornet's taunt does damage, proceeds to spend hours trying to beat every boss with it: 'This is like watching Sisyphus push the boulder and win'

By Tyler Colp Published

news Can Hornet yell at every boss until they die?

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A screencap of Hollow Knight: Silksong's opening cutscene. A close-up shot of protagonist Hornet moments before she breaks out of a metal cage. Her curved white mask and red cloak are lit up as a glowing strand of silk surrounds her.
Silksong has sold more than 7 million copies in 3 months—and no, that's not counting Game Pass

By Wes Fenlon Published

News Big number.

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Surprise! Hollow Knight: Silksong's getting an expansion promising 'new areas, bosses, tools, and more' next year

By Wes Fenlon Published

News The original Hollow Knight just got 16:10 and 21:9 support, too.

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Hornet clashes with a pin-wielding bug in Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Team Cherry may not attend The Game Awards even though Silksong is nominated for GOTY, but they're pretty sure a different 'exceptional and broadly palatable' game will win

By Justin Wagner Published

News Either way, it's the year of the parry.

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Silksong devs felt they didn't 'have a lot of control' over its release date and sympathize with all the games that were delayed to avoid it: 'To some extent that probably is unfortunate'

By Tyler Colp Published

news Team Cherry was too busy finishing the game to know when exactly it would be finished.

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Hornet holds a hand up to her mask to help shade her eyes from a sunbeam in Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Team Cherry says that 'if there were ever other' Hollow Knight games after Silksong, they'd all be self-contained and 'exist alongside one another'

By Harvey Randall Published

News So no Silksong 2, huh.

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